he was recently rehe elect to a six year term as west goshen township's supervisor.osition he had held since 1992. >> doctor white, always had west goshen as interests at heart. again for that much of a dedicated life of volunteer serviceally shows his character. he really enjoyed working with our planning commission and he was very heavily involved with the budgeting and finance on a yearly basis and to ensure that west goshen town ship provided best services and best quality of life in your area. >> reporter: now there was a supervisor's meet ago this was scheduled for tonight that has been since canceled, west goshen township has released a a statement saying they are saddened by all of this and their thoughts and prayers are now with white's family. he does leave behind a wife and two sons police say that the driver of that pickup truck is cooperating. live from west goshen township diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> diana thank you. >>> 129 additional u.s. military advisors are now on the ground in iraq. white house says they will not see combat, the ad

. >>> this happened in west goshen chester county and tonight "eyewitness news" reporter diana roccoas more on white's life, his service and what happened this afternoon. report. >> just a terrific terrific individual. >> reporter: he was known as bob by his neighbors and those in town who are remembering all he did and not the tragic way he died. >> sounded like a horrible car crash and as soon as we saw the building down basically we ran over saw him laying like his feet were on like the sidewalk still and his body was still through the wall. >> reporter: around 12:30 wednesday dr. white had gone to shop rite on his lunch break to pick up a few things for his wife. when a woman driving this pick up struck and killed him while backing up. >> when he was coming out of the store, a female operator of a pickup truck um, came through the parking lot in reverse striking him and then going through the store wall. >> it's just sad. like, he was just going she was a mess. >> reporter: the west goshen town supervisor had served the town since the '80's first as planner, in '92 he was elected

. >>> almost everybody in west goshen township, knew robert white. he was a township supervisor, for years, a dentist for about half a century. today he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and his bad luck, cost him his life. it is wednesday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is untimely death of 77 year-old doctor robert white, killed in the freak accident, in a supermarket parking lot. "action news" reporter walter perez is live outside the scene of the accident. walter, you've got the full story. >> reporter: that is right, jim. you can see hole left behind the shop rite here in the 1100 block of west chester pike. it has since been boarded up. it is where a young woman pinned the gas of her pick up in reverse running over and killing a beloved local politician and dentist, who served this township for decades. the people who work with 77 year-old doctor robert white say that the news came just a short time after an informal meeting with other township officials. >> he said he was going over to shop rite to do his shopping lik

shock and disbelief in west goshen township.ight, after a local government official dies in a freak accident. police say he was sitting on bench outside a grocery store when a pick up slams right into him and he died at the scene. good evening arc i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. let's get right out to fox 29's shawnette wilson live in west goshen tonight. shawnette? >> reporter: cleanup from this tragic crash continues at this hour. take look behind me. you can see exactly where that pickup truck went into the building claiming a life of the man. the victim has been identified as dr. robert white a well-known and long-time west goshen employee government official. white was recently lecked to a six-year term as township supervisor and has been in that position since 1992. before that, he serve on the planning commission since 1980. now investigators say he had just walked out of the shop rite on 1115 west chester pike around 12:00 zone this afternoon when a woman in a pickup truck hit white. he died at chester county hospital

. >>> this morning, family, neighbors, and an entire community are grieving after a longtime west goshensupervisor was killed when a truck cashed into this grocery store. dr. robert white was also a dentist who ran a practice with his son. around 12:30 yesterday afternoon, a pickup truck going in reverse ran over white pushing him into the front of the store killing him. we spoke to his neighbors who were absolutely stunned to learn of his sudden death. >> he cared about the community. he cared about his neighbors. he cared about the township and trying do right by them. >> now, white has served as west goshen township supervisor since 1992. he leaves behind a wife and two sons. police ruled this an accident and they're not releasing any information about the driver who hit him. >>> in the mideast crisis, a five-day extension of a cease-fire between israel and hamas appears to be holding for now. the latest truce follows an exchange of rocket and mortar fire in and around gaza. egypt's foreign minister is leading indirect talks between hamas and israel. he said the new cease-fire will al

it happened around lunchtime yesterday in the shop rite parking lot on west goshen pike in west goshenand eyewitness tribe the kay yot being scene. >> it sounded like a horrible car crash and as soon as we saw the building down basically we ran over, saw him laying like his feet were on the sidewalk still and his body still through the wall. >> police say driver of the pick up is fully cooperating with the investigation and in addition to being township supervisor doctor white was also a practicing dentist. >>> well, after working five years without a contract septa regional rail electrical workers where to get a raise. septa and workers union reached a tentative contract agreement last night that includes a 11 and a half percent raise. workers walk off the job in june, you may remember that, septa plans to hold a special game meeting monday morning to sign the deal. septa is still working on a new contract for regional rail engineers. >>> still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news", dozens of tires are slashed but an ago of kindneness trumps that act of vandalism. e how one woman's

robert white a well-known and long-time west goshen employee government official. white was recently lecked to a six-year term as township supervisor and has been in that position since 1992. before that, he serve on the planning commission since 1980. now investigators say he had just walked out of the shop rite on 1115 west chester pike around 12:00 zone this afternoon when a woman in a pickup truck hit white. he died at chester county hospital. >> came through the parking lot in reverse. striking him and then going through the store wall. >> it was devastating. all the employees, township residents i've received e-mails and phone calls across chester county with condolences he was very well liked throughout the community and greater chester county area. >> reporter: and the board of supervisors was originally expected to meet tonight. they have since canceled that meeting since this tragic incident. in the meantime police are still investigate wagon caused this woman to crash into the building. iain? >> shawnette, thank you. >>> police in oxford circle are also

happened around lunchtime yesterday in the shop rite parking lot the on west chester pike in west goshen. eyewitness described the the chaotic scene. >> it sounded like a horrible car crash and as soon as we saw the the building down we basically ran over, saw him laying. his feet were on the sidewalk still and his body still through the wall. >> police say the driver of the pick up is fully cooperating with their investigation. in addition to being township supervisor doctor white was also a practicing dentist. >>> happening today the funeral for keisha williams, the north philadelphia mother who died with her three children in a carjacking and crash. last night friend and family gathered for a vigil at germantown and allegheny at the very spot where it happened july 25th. two men are facing murder charges, in court one of them jonathan rosa asked for the family's forgiveness. >>> atlantic city's marketing armies taking its case to the papers after a wave of casino closings. the the atlantic city a lines is running this ad touting many things that the resort offers aside from gambling.

our shawnette wilson is live at the shop rite shopping center in west goshen tonight.wnette. >> reporter: robert white died at chester county hospital and behind me you can see where it all happened. take a look. you see the area of the shop rite boarded up where white was hit before the car plowed into the store. skyfox above a deadly accident at this shop rite on west chester pike in west goshen. it claimed the life of 77 year old robert white. a long-time west goshen government official. >> it was devastating. >> town manager says the entire office building was shaken up when they heard what happened. white had been with the township since 1980. most recently he was elected to a six-term as township supervisor and held that position since 1992. before that, he served on the planning commission. >> for that much of a dedicated live of volunteer service to any municipality really shows his character. >> reporter: investigators say white went to shop rite around 12:30 wednesday afternoon on his lunch break to get food. he was leaving the store when he was hit. >> femal

woodfield road is shut down from brink to goshen school road. police say three people were in a serious car accident overnight. just one car was involved in that crash. news 4's derrick ward is headed to the scene and we will bring you a live report at the top of the hour. >> the ntsb investigating a plane crash. a pilot was flying to manassas and apparently passed out at the controls, the plane crashed into the atlantic ocean. the pilot was the only person on board. >> good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. thanks for joining us. a lot of news to get to. today is sunday, august 31st. we have made it through august. >> we have a weather alert. let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal outside. >> good morning to you at home. i have to say it is puggy out here and -- muggy out here and will remain muggy through tuesday. the heat also kick ps in today. now, weather alert day because there are strong thunderstorms potentially in the forecast later today. somebody on twitter said i guess we can

. >>> west goshen township supervisor dr. robert white was killed when a car slammed into a west chester the super market. he was outside the shop on westchester pike when a pickup truck hit him yesterday afternoon. investigators say the truck going in reverse ran over white on the sidewalk in front of the store, pushed him in front of the store killing him. we spoke to his neighbors who were stunned to learn of his death. >> he cared about the community. he cared about his neighbors. he cared about the township and tried to do right by them. >> white has served as west goshen supervisor since 1996. he leaves behind a wife and two sons. >>> now to iraq, where the u.s. says there are fewer refugees on the sinjar mountain than first thought. americans have dropped supplies in the mountain to help people there. refugees have been terrorized by isis militants. and the strikes started to push isis forces back. >>> meanwhile, the mideast crisis, a five-day extension of a cease-fire between israel and hamas appears to be holding. an

right now the heaviest showers you can see are through east goshen, philadelphia is looking at lightight now. and then coming out of the trenton area moving in through medford, pickin picking up a pry good shower. so these are going to start to -- they'll continue to push to the south and sort of fade out. i'd give it until 9:00 o'clock then you can probably get rid of umbrella for the rest of the evening and just the clouds that we'll be dealing with until about midnight before those start to decrease as well. so here's a look at fox future cast. you can still see by 9:00 o'clock we have a few spot showers we'll call it 11:00 o'clock it's mainly clouds and then they start to decrease. so by tomorrow morning, you wake up. the clouds mainly are hanging on to our northwest. but by nine, 10:00 o'clock everybody is in the sunshine zone. we are looking at sunshine all across the board for the bulk of tomorrow with nice comfortable temperatures and low humidity. so a really nice finish to the weekend. the tropics though they are starting to heat up. tropical depression number four if it is

. >> now white has served as west goshen supervisor since 1992. he leaves behind a wife and two sons. police are calling this an accident and not releasing any information about the driver who ran over them. >>> from our south jersey bureau, we're working to bring more about the story we brought you last night. a man was stabbed to pine hill, camden county. no word yet from police on any arrests or what led to the stabbing. >>> this morning, two men are charged with trying to break into the home of the woman who was murdered in penneypack park. connie murray's body was discovered. police say her nephew and another man tried to break into her home on to bert street. her husband is charged with her murder. police say they have surveillance video showing christopher murray riding up alongside his wife and they started arguing. later that evening, he strangled her to death. >>> a man is in jail for killing his twin brother and a man with a sword. you're looking at the video that was taken at the pottstown directory. prosecutors argued that mccann drew

robert white, a long time west goshen township supervisor who was a dentist and ran a practice with his son. >> it's hard when anyone loses their life, and when it's an accident -- >> reporter: a woman in her 20s reversed right into the shop light, the pickup hit white on the sidewalk and the impact pushed him into the supermarket. the 77-year-old was rushed to the hospital, there was nothing doctors could do. >> when we saw it was him, it was obviously kind of -- your heart sunk a bit. >> his neighbors were stunned to learn of a sudden death. >> always would do anything to help you out. >> crews cleaned up the spot where the married father lost his life, township officials cancelled their monthly meeting to grieve. white had served this town since 1980, he was elected township supervisor in 1992 and served four consecutive terms. >> he didn't care about his community, his township and tried to do right by him. >> dr. white leaves behind his wife and two sons, the driver was questioned by police, but investigators tell us tonight it appears this was a tragic accident. live in west chest

live from west goshen township i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> this just in one of two men accused of trying to break into connie murray's northeast philadelphia home overnight, has been identified as her own nephew. police have now charged the two with attempted burglary, murray was found dead in penny pack park last tuesday morning, police say her husband has confessed to that crime. >>> well, philadelphia is trying to land itself in the political spotlight again, the democratic committee is in town right now, sampling the sites for the party convention. city is pulling out all of the stops hoping to land it. "eyewitness news" reporter noel mcclaren is live at the sport complex in south philadelphia with what the the group spent this day doing, noel? >> reporter: well, with five cities, still vying to host the 2016, democratic national convention, the cities still on to bring it right here to philadelphia to the wells fargo center. >> kissing up to the democratic national convention committee with a little brotherly love, the fanatic... the cheese stakes and the music

it happened yesterday afternoon at the shop rite in west goshen. police say that a woman trying a pickup truck in reverse backed township supervisor robert white in the wall killing him. we're told the 77 year-old was at the market on his lunch break to pick up items for his wife. >> it is just sad, he was just going to go food shopping even the girl who was involved, like she was screaming, she was a mess. >> we feel that it is going to be a big loss, yes. he really cared. >> police say the driver of the pickup truck is cooperating, no charges have been filed. >>> have after working five years without a contract septa regional rail electrical workers are about to get a raise. septa and workers union reached a tentative contract agreement last night that includes a 11 and a half percent raise. workers walk off the job in june you may remember. septa plans to hold a special board meeting monday morning to sign the the deal. septa is still working under a new contract for regional rail engineers. >>> new this morning pope francis is in south cover le

woodfield road is shut down to goshen school road. police say three people were in a serious car accident overnight. one car was involved in that crash. no word on what caused the accident or continue of the third person in the car. >>> police investigating how someone died at the shady grove metro station. if you are heading downtown the station is open. the man was found in a stairwell of the parking garage there. we're working to learn his name. police do not believe that this man was attacked or assaulted. >>> right now the ntsb is investigating a plane crash in our area. a pilot was flying to manassas, passed out at the controls and then drifted over the no-fly zone above d.c. then the plane crashed into the atlantic ocean. the pilot was the only person on board. ♪ >>> this weekend, the town of brookville, maryland, celebrating its w s role in the of 1812. 200 years ago the town provided refuge to president james madison while the british occupied washington. doing that made brookville the u.s. capital for a day. from noon until

now, white had worked west goshen township since 1980. he was a well known figure in the community, and his neighbors are deeply saddened by the loss? >> he's just been a wonderful person. kept us up-to-date on everything. just, i can't speak highly enough of him. >> white is survived by his wife and two sons. police say the woman who was behind the wheel of the truck is cooperating with the investigation. but they believe this was just a tragic accident, and no charges have been filed. >> happening today, funeral services will be held for the victim after deadly carjacking in germantown. keisha williams and her three children, ages seven to 15, were run down and killed, in a stolen car at the corner of germantown and allegheny avenues. now, williams died from her injuries just few days ago, her children were killed on the scene. she would have turned 35 yesterday. >> we are praying for keisha to come home, so she could come home to over other children. but god had a better plan for her. she up in heaven with the other three children. >>

. >> back here at home, long time government official in west goshen township killed in a freak accident, in a supermarket parking lot. seventy-seven year old robert white was leaving the shop rite on west chester pike, when a woman reversed her truck, hit him, and then crashed into the store. white had been with the township since 1980. he was a well-known figure in the community. white is survived by his wife and two songs. the woman behind the wheel was questioned by police, but investigators believe, hey, this is just a tragic accident. no charges have been filed. >>> too bad. >> transit authority has announced tentative agreement with its electrical workers for regional rails. septa board members will give the chairman the authority to sign a contract, as soon as electrical workers ratify the agreement. when that happens, workers will receive a wage increase. septa's yet to strike and deal with its engineers. >> good day starts in about 40 minutes. coming up, atlantic city definately needs a way to re-invent itself. so the city trying a new ad campaign. we'll take a look at that and

i hesitate to talk about this in the past tense but maybe we will try this, bring in bobby goshen. nine hours is a record at this point. >> it is a crucial thing that you mentioned there. israeli troops are out of gaza. >> we're seeing, right, there's more to this one. >> yes. >> you hate to say the word -- i don't want to politically, it seems both israelis and hamas need this cease fire. neither one of them wants the fighting to start. they both have their pr issues. >> they certainly do. what we see now, as we've seen all too often in the past, is when the shooting stops, the shouting starts. >> yes. >> a lot of recrimination, suing the international criminal court. none of those are particularly conducive to diplomatic negotiations. it's time to get the shouting to end and the talking to begin. >> let me play that susan rice bite from the "today" show. >> it's important that both sides remain committed to it and more importantly that they use this opportunity of the 72-hour cease fire to begin the negotiatings that we have been working so energetically through secretary kerry,

. >>> new this morning, woodley road in gaithersburg is shut down from brink to goshen school road. police say three people were in a serious car wreck. two people were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. only one car was involved in that crash. we're working right now to find out more information and we will bring it to you as we get it. >>> the ntsb is investigating a plane crash in our area. a pilot was flying to manassas, passed out at the controls, and drifted over the no-fly zone above d.c. the plane crashed into the atlantic ocean. the pilot was the only person on board. >>> prince george's police are investigating a mysterious murder in cottage city. a man was found dead along the anacostia river trail near bladeensburg road. police don't know how he died, only he had significant trauma to his body. >> the time is 6:30. >>> good morning and welcome to "news 4 today." i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. sunday, august 31st. >>> we want to get a look at your forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal in for chuck bell. and today it looks like, a

. >> long time government official in west goshen township was killed in a freak accident, in a supermarket parking lot. seventy-seven year old robert white was leaving the shop rite on west chester pike, when a woman reversed her truck, hit him, and then crashed into the store. white had been with the township since 1980. he was a well known figure in the community. people who worked with him, well, of course are deeply saddened. >> dedicated life of service to any municipality, really shows his charger. >> write survived by his wife and two songs. the woman behind the wheel was questioned by police. investigators believe this was just a tragic accident. no charges have been filed. >>> happening today, funeral services will be held for the victim after deadly carjacking in germantown. keisha williams and her three children, ages seven to 15, died after being run down in a stolen car at the corner of germantown and allegheny avenues. williams died from her injuries just few days ago. she would have turned 35 yesterday. >>> we are praying for keisha to come home so she can come home to her o

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making it to the ground maybe around atlantic city right now and looking at chester county, west goshen few light showers there. heavier rain is up around allentown this morning and some heavier rain heading up toward scranton and poconos getting that rain as well. we have promised you a rainy day and now we will get it. how much rain, by the time all is said and done and by the end of the daze today an inch, tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon we will see a little over an inch and a half someplace west heavy downpours could get as much as 2 inches out of this storm. we have in the mid 80's, higher temperatures but clouds roll in, here's where we are right now, with 37 degrees in atlantic city. seventy-five wildwood. 64 degrees in mount pocono. more humid then it was as well. look the at these dew point we are in the 60's and 70's and remember with our measure of moisture, that is between uncomfortable and oppressive. so, that is not the most comfortable of days, not brightest of the days but by tomorrow afternoon the sun should come out and we get a ten on thursday with a high of 80 d

white had worked for the west goshen township since 1980. he was a well known figure in town.is neighbors are deeply saddened by his death. >> he has just been a wonderful person, kept us up to date on everything. just i can't speak highly enough of him. >> white survived by his wife and two sons, police say, the woman who was behind the wheel that far truck is cooperating with the investigation. and they really believe this was truly just tragic accident, so no charges have been filed. >>> representatives from democratic national committee are checking out philadelphia. see if it measures up for the 2016 democratic national convention. >> course the city rolling out the red carpet to impress those involved in the judging hosting the biggest party in the political world would bring thousands of visitors to our area. and philadelphia is one of the finalists, and mayor nutter has just walk n we'll get him mike up. talk about that. as you look at him in video yesterday from the xfinity zone. >> right. and our chain taney dragons on their way to the festivities being planned for t

in west goshen green hill road at pottstown pike an accident. you can see that i-95 slow down.nty-six in both directions. the slow around the the 42, 76, 295 area, guys. >>> thanks, kacie. >> i don't think we could have canned for a better day to send jen fred down to the shore. she's in avalon, new jersey this morning. >> so jen is it time to meet your special guest. >> it is time to meet my special guest. you know him as coach herb mcgee, good morning. >> good morning to you too. >> nice to have me here. >> nice to have me here. >> this is a beautiful mazda six. girlfriend, you have to unlock us. thinks your granddaughter that is driving us around. >> granddaughter katie. >> she's going to lasalle. would i think there is a much better school that this girl could go to very close by. >> no, she's going to right school. she will play lacrosse at lasalle. we're very happy about it. mainly because it is 15 minutes from my school. >> you can still creep on her. >> exactly. >> hi everyone coach herb mcgee. this year your daughters are very focused. we are going upstairs to the wind

not too far off in west goshen watch out for a crash along phoenixville pike at 322. meanwhile down in northern delaware shannon road remains closed because of a downed pole. head for 52 kennett pike as an alternate. ben franklin bridge some slowing here on the westbound downside headed into center city. tam. >> okay, thank you for that matt. >>> let's talk about that rain that's expected to come in today and at points be heavy. let's go to karen. good morning. >> good morning, ear already seeing in parts of our region just not in the city itself right now. storm tracker 6 live double scan, and with double scan we can pick up some of the heavier rains like this cell right here in west chester and downingtown, really coming down good right now so be careful as you're headed out in parts of the region right now already getting the rain. we'll see periods of rain, not raining all day long but here or there you could see a downpour at any point today or tonight. stein 79 degrees for your high. we could have a strong to severe thunderstorm west of philadelphia. the rain en

robert white was a long time west goshen township supervisor. he was standings outside a shop rite afternoon in west chester chester pike. police say the 20-year-old woman behind the wheel hit the gas in reverse and the impact sent white flying through the store window. co-workers said he left the township buildings to get a bite of lunch. >> he said he was going to shop rite to do his shopping. i i went back up to the office d got the call, i was in shock. >> no word if charges will be filed against the driver. >> septa has reached a tentative deal of one of the regional rail unions that went on strike in june. the electricians union must ratify the terms at a special board meeting. the local engineers and trainsmen are holding out in negotiations. recommendations are not bindings. >>> if you have had trouble making call or connecting to a network on your cell phone at philadelphia airport you're not alone. we go live to the a nasdaq in time square. >> reporter: good morning, matt, philadelphia airport was ranked 4th worst of the nation's 50 bu